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Malawi

Eastern AfricaMWIDemonym: Malawian
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Population
19.13M
19,129,955 people
Area
118K km²
118,484 km²
Density
161.5 /km²
people per km²
Capital
Lilongwe
Africa
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Geography

Location & land

Region
Africa
Subregion
Eastern Africa
Coordinates
13.50° S, 34.00° E
Area
118K km²
Neighbours
3
Regional blocs
African Union
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Administration

Codes & identity

Capital
Lilongwe
ISO alpha-2
MW
ISO alpha-3
MWI
Numeric code
454
Calling code
+265
Internet TLD
.mw
Languages

Spoken here

EnglishChichewa · chiCheŵa
Currency

Money

Malawian kwacha
MK · MWK
Economy

Income inequality

Gini index
39.0%

Lower is more equal.

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Economy, health & development

Live rate

Exchange rate

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Borders

3 neighbouring countries

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Base facts: bundled reference dataset (mledoze/countries, MIT). Live statistics: World Bank & open.er-api.com, fetched in real time. See data sources. Missing values are shown as “Data unavailable” — never fabricated.